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Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...
A record of several piers in Whitby extend back to Medieval times, with at least one document stating that a pier had existed "at the Dissolution" (1539). [1] [2] However, this has been described as a pier further inland than the current West and East Piers, and is thought to be what is now the Tate Hill Pier. [3]
In Summer 2022, the Coastliner Express route X43 was re-introduced, but it was modified to run between York and Whitby via Scarborough, reducing travel time from York to Scarborough from 2 hours to 90 minutes. [22] [23] As with the pre-2020 timetable, the route only runs during the summer season, and makes one return journey a day. In 2023, the ...
Whitby was called Streanæshalc, Streneshalc, Streoneshalch, Streoneshalh, and Streunes-Alae in Lindissi in records of the 7th and 8th centuries.Prestebi, from Old Norse býr (village) and presta (of the priests), is an 11th-century name.
Between 1802 (when the first lifeboat was launched at Whitby) and 2009, 24 lifeboat crew members were lost from Whitby. Their names are commemorated in the RNLI memorial at Poole in Dorset. A news report in 2022 stated that in its more than 200-year history, the Whitby lifeboat had been launched over 2,900 times, and saved over 1,230 people. [26]
The Bagdale Beck end of the Upper Harbour at Whitby. This was the site of the Barrick, Barry and Coates shipyards and was known as Dock End. [note 1]Ship and boat building in Whitby [note 2] was a staple part of the industry of Whitby, North Yorkshire, England between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Given the long time dedicated to food fishing, the whaling industry had a short time span. The first ships left Whitby in 1752, [75] whereas the last whaling ship set sail from Whitby for Greenland (where the whaling seas were to be found) in 1837. [76] During this time, Whitby is said to have dispatched over 25,000 seals and 2,761 whales. [77]
There is a concrete pipe which was originally built to carry sewage and deposit it onto the beach further north. Apart from high tide, fish migration is very difficult here. [38] Scalby Beck provides the only substantial sea trout and salmon spawning area between the River Esk at Whitby and the Humber Estuary. [39]